• Question: what would you do with the £500 pound if you had won ??

    Asked by charlieloubones to Julian on 15 Mar 2011.
    • Photo: Julian Rayner

      Julian Rayner answered on 15 Mar 2011:


      Hi Charlie. I work at the Sanger Institute, where the human genome was sequenced and a lot of really cool advances in genetics and sequencing technology happen. We have a great program for visiting schools to come and see what we do (we have some amazing kit, a data storage center with more than 5 petabytes of storage space, for example, which needs 2 stories of cooling equipment to stop the temperature reaching spontaneous combustion point), but some schools can’t afford the transport costs to visit. I would use the money for travel bursaries so that more students could come to visit.

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